Summary:
Appealing to people to protect the trees, Vinayak said that MIT College will help in the process. The civic chief appealed to the headmasters of the schools to arrange trips for students to heritage sites in and around the city. The drawings were adjudged by a team comprising AMC officials and faculty of Raja Ravi Verma Arts College. Local corporator Sayali Jamadar, civic officials and members of Prayas Youth Foundation, mayor, students of MIT College and a significant number of citizens were present.A total of 268 trees were planted on Satara Hill by the participants. Khandoba Mandir Devasthan felicitated the civic chief and other officials on the occasion.A drawing competition was organised for schoolchildren at 22 places in the city..